Fortuna vs Jamestown

A side-by-side comparison of Fortuna and Jamestown: population, income, housing, and more.

Fortuna and Jamestown are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Jamestown has the higher population (297 vs 92 in Fortuna). Jamestown has the higher median household income ($58,889 vs $41,042 in Fortuna). Fortuna has the higher median home value ($200,900 vs $139,800 in Jamestown).

Population, income & housing

	Fortuna	Jamestown
Population	92	297
Median age	60.6 yrs	46.7 yrs
Median household income	$41,042	$58,889
Median home value	$200,900	$139,800
Median gross rent	—	$579
Housing units	53	180
Homeownership rate	100.0%	82.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fortuna	Jamestown
Population	157 → 92 (-41.4%)	443 → 297 (-33.0%)
Median household income	$33,148 → $41,042 (+23.8%)	$50,179 → $58,889 (+17.4%)
Median home value	$31,300 → $200,900 (+541.9%)	$105,600 → $139,800 (+32.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$406 → $579 (+42.6%)

Fortuna

Population

15792

Median household income

$33,148$41,042

Median home value

$31,300$200,900

Jamestown

Population

443297

Median household income

$50,179$58,889

Median home value

$105,600$139,800

Median gross rent

$406$579

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fortuna	Jamestown
Under 5	0.0%	2.7%
5 to 17	0.0%	7.7%
18 to 24	8.7%	10.4%
25 to 34	0.0%	13.8%
35 to 44	0.0%	8.4%
45 to 54	10.9%	16.8%
55 to 64	42.4%	15.2%
65 to 74	38.0%	11.4%
75 and over	0.0%	13.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fortuna	Jamestown
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	97.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fortuna	Jamestown
No high school diploma	0.0%	10.6%
High school graduate	21.4%	42.6%
Some college or associate's	59.5%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fortuna	Jamestown
Drove alone	47.2%	78.7%
Carpooled	52.8%	11.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	9.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fortuna	Jamestown
1-unit, detached	81.1%	77.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.9%	13.9%

Poverty & households

	Fortuna	Jamestown
Poverty rate	9.8%	9.4%
Average household size	1.74	1.88
Mean commute (minutes)	—	42
Median year structure built	1966	1974